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        This chapter shows how to build a minimal Linux system. This system
        will contain just enough tools to start constructing the final LFS
        system in <a class="xref" href="../chapter06/chapter06.html" title=
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        and allow a working environment with more user convenience than a
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        There are two steps in building this minimal system. The first step
        is to build a new and host-independent toolchain (compiler,
        assembler, linker, libraries, and a few useful utilities). The second
        step uses this toolchain to build the other essential tools.
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